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Top 20 Hugh Halter Quotes (2024 Update)

Hugh Halter Quote: “If you want a safe faith, you will never really know God because He doesn’t hang out in the shallow end much.”

1. “If you want a safe faith, you will never really know God because He doesn’t hang out in the shallow end much.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “The convictions we need to rally around should be about life giving, community transformation, holistic personal growth, sacrifice, beauty, blessing, and world renewal. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of a people committed to something that brings personal meaning and makes the world a better place?”

2. “The convictions we need to rally around should be about life giving, community transformation, holistic personal growth, sacrifice, beauty, blessing, and world renewal. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of a people committed to something that brings personal meaning and makes the world a better place?”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “We have to remember that the ancient faith communities that set a course to change the history of the world did so without church programs, without paid staff, without Web sites, and without brochures, blogs, or buildings. They were lean! The point of going without all the stuff is simple but profound. When you don’t have all the “stuff,” you’re left with a lot of time to spend with people.”

3. “We have to remember that the ancient faith communities that set a course to change the history of the world did so without church programs, without paid staff, without Web sites, and without brochures, blogs, or buildings. They were lean! The point of going without all the stuff is simple but profound. When you don’t have all the “stuff,” you’re left with a lot of time to spend with people.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “The gospel is not about trying to wedge a little Jesus into our crazy lives. The gospel is about letting God bring redemption and the way of his crazy kingdom into our frantically dysfunctional patterns of living.”

4. “The gospel is not about trying to wedge a little Jesus into our crazy lives. The gospel is about letting God bring redemption and the way of his crazy kingdom into our frantically dysfunctional patterns of living.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “If Christians simply focused on doing the most basic aspects of Christianity, like “loving” each other, it would say more to the watching world than all the systematic theology we could throw at them.”

5. “If Christians simply focused on doing the most basic aspects of Christianity, like “loving” each other, it would say more to the watching world than all the systematic theology we could throw at them.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “You can tell you’ve created God in your own image when He hates the same people you do. – Tom Weston.”

6. “You can tell you’ve created God in your own image when He hates the same people you do. – Tom Weston.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “We love Jesus as a baby on Christmas, and Jesus risen from the grave on Easter, but somehow we miss Jesus the man, the teacher, the sage, the rebel, the subversive King, the local hero, the neighborhood friend.”

7. “We love Jesus as a baby on Christmas, and Jesus risen from the grave on Easter, but somehow we miss Jesus the man, the teacher, the sage, the rebel, the subversive King, the local hero, the neighborhood friend.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “Influence doesn’t happen by extracting ourselves from the world for the sake of our values, but by bringing our values into the culture.”

8. “Influence doesn’t happen by extracting ourselves from the world for the sake of our values, but by bringing our values into the culture.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “Did you know that we’re all created with a built-in desire to love the world, to bless people? It’s the main job description of a Christian. Way back when the term emerging church meant that the church was really emerging, God set up a deal with humanity.”

9. “Did you know that we’re all created with a built-in desire to love the world, to bless people? It’s the main job description of a Christian. Way back when the term emerging church meant that the church was really emerging, God set up a deal with humanity.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “What makes the stories of our lives beautiful are not the people we’ve led to faith, or the churches we’ve grown, or the poor and hurting people we’ve renovated. What makes our stories matter are the day-by-day swan dives we take for the King of glory that may never look that glorious – but to God they are!”

10. “What makes the stories of our lives beautiful are not the people we’ve led to faith, or the churches we’ve grown, or the poor and hurting people we’ve renovated. What makes our stories matter are the day-by-day swan dives we take for the King of glory that may never look that glorious – but to God they are!”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “The incarnation is what those inside and outside the Christian faith are looking for, and if every Jesus follower truly “got it,” it would fix every negative stereotype people have about Christians, Christianity, and the church. The incarnation of Jesus will give you proof that God understands how hard it is to be human, and it will help you see how to be human to the fullest.”

11. “The incarnation is what those inside and outside the Christian faith are looking for, and if every Jesus follower truly “got it,” it would fix every negative stereotype people have about Christians, Christianity, and the church. The incarnation of Jesus will give you proof that God understands how hard it is to be human, and it will help you see how to be human to the fullest.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “We may not always feel it when building a deck for someone, shoveling snow, helping out financially, watching a neighbor’s kids, opening our home, or giving gifts, but these habits and activities do create a well that people will eventually gravitate toward.”

12. “We may not always feel it when building a deck for someone, shoveling snow, helping out financially, watching a neighbor’s kids, opening our home, or giving gifts, but these habits and activities do create a well that people will eventually gravitate toward.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “Whimsy is the ability to laugh, make light of, or downplay the words, behaviors, and worldview of Sojourners that might offend.”

13. “Whimsy is the ability to laugh, make light of, or downplay the words, behaviors, and worldview of Sojourners that might offend.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “Christianity has lost its place at the center of American life. Christians must learn how to live the gospel as a distinct people who no longer occupy the center of society. We must learn to build relational bridges that win a hearing.”7.”

14. “Christianity has lost its place at the center of American life. Christians must learn how to live the gospel as a distinct people who no longer occupy the center of society. We must learn to build relational bridges that win a hearing.”7.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “I believe you won’t grow unless you live like Jesus lived and try to do what he did with people.”

15. “I believe you won’t grow unless you live like Jesus lived and try to do what he did with people.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “The more we do “together,” the less individualistic we’ll be. The more we become “one” with Christ, the less consumer oriented we’ll be. The more we do for “others,” the less materialistic we’ll be.”

16. “The more we do “together,” the less individualistic we’ll be. The more we become “one” with Christ, the less consumer oriented we’ll be. The more we do for “others,” the less materialistic we’ll be.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “We buy into the saving work of Jesus big-time, but we dodge his words and his life as prototypical for the authentic Christian life.”

17. “We buy into the saving work of Jesus big-time, but we dodge his words and his life as prototypical for the authentic Christian life.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “Have you ever stopped to ponder how Jesus lived his first thirty years without drawing any attention to his divine nature? I don’t know about you, but if I knew I was going to change the course of history, I’m sure it would have slipped out on occasion. I doubt I could have just lived a normal life. But Jesus did. He lived among people for three decades, developing the relational respect and trust of people in his community.”

18. “Have you ever stopped to ponder how Jesus lived his first thirty years without drawing any attention to his divine nature? I don’t know about you, but if I knew I was going to change the course of history, I’m sure it would have slipped out on occasion. I doubt I could have just lived a normal life. But Jesus did. He lived among people for three decades, developing the relational respect and trust of people in his community.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “The second essential incarnational habit we hope to cultivate is simply listening. Listening is watching and sensitively responding to the unspoken and spoken needs of Sojourners in ways that demonstrate sincere interest.”

19. “The second essential incarnational habit we hope to cultivate is simply listening. Listening is watching and sensitively responding to the unspoken and spoken needs of Sojourners in ways that demonstrate sincere interest.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “Through Jesus, judgment has been redeemed, bought back, and administered correctly through eyes of love rather than eyes of fear.”

20. “Through Jesus, judgment has been redeemed, bought back, and administered correctly through eyes of love rather than eyes of fear.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “I was once reminded that a point of view is simply a view from a point, and oneness, or unity, can therefore never be based on getting someone to see from your point; instead it is love and unity amid different beliefs. And this is exactly why unity is so powerful. It’s almost impossible. And because it is so difficult, Jesus would much prefer we fight for a supernatural form of love and unity instead of fighting against each other or people outside our faith.”

21. “I was once reminded that a point of view is simply a view from a point, and oneness, or unity, can therefore never be based on getting someone to see from your point; instead it is love and unity amid different beliefs. And this is exactly why unity is so powerful. It’s almost impossible. And because it is so difficult, Jesus would much prefer we fight for a supernatural form of love and unity instead of fighting against each other or people outside our faith.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “People can’t see God clearly because we keep creating fog banks of failed legalism, self-focused religion, definitions of holiness that extract us from the real world, and fear of our new neighbors because they are not like us. We are not friends of the world, which makes us very unlike Jesus – the one we purport to follow.”

22. “People can’t see God clearly because we keep creating fog banks of failed legalism, self-focused religion, definitions of holiness that extract us from the real world, and fear of our new neighbors because they are not like us. We are not friends of the world, which makes us very unlike Jesus – the one we purport to follow.”

— Hugh Halter

Hugh Halter Quote: “Unity can happen only when we shrink down the number of hills we will die on. And according to Paul it’s a very small list. For him, it’s one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God who’s got all the other stuff under control because He’s over all, through all, and in all.”

23. “Unity can happen only when we shrink down the number of hills we will die on. And according to Paul it’s a very small list. For him, it’s one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God who’s got all the other stuff under control because He’s over all, through all, and in all.”

— Hugh Halter

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